Letters to Editor
4 June 2009
To Whom It May Concern,
I am writing to you with regard to my brother, Sean Walsh, who went missing in
Sydney in the early hours of Sunday May 10th. There has been no trace of him
since that morning and I am hoping that you might be able to help us with our
search for him. There has been a massive search around Sydney for Sean but it is
possible that he is no longer in Sydney or even in New South Wales.
Sean is Irish, 26 years old, 5ft 10 and has short brown hair and blue eyes. He
is a qualified biomedical engineer but has been on a round-the-world trip for
the last 2 years, working mainly in ski resorts in New Zealand and Japan. For
the last 7 months he has been in Australia on a working holiday visa. Sean has a
very good relationship with his family and a large circle of close friends. He
loves to ski and, since moving to Sydney, is an avid surfer too. He has also
been actively involved in Gaelic sports both at home and in Sydney.
Sean was last seen by his flatmates at his Randwick home at 3am on May 10th. His
disappearance was noticed on the afternoon of May 10th and we, his family in
Ireland, were alerted immediately. The local police in Maroubra were also
alerted and Sean's friends in Sydney launched a massive search for him. They
started a poster campaign all over the city, contacted the media and searched
all his usual haunts and surfing spots. Brid and I flew from Ireland to Sydney
to help with the search. We are extremely concerned as this disappearance is
totally out of character for Sean and he left most of his belongings behind -
including his wallet and mobile phone. We are worried that Sean might not be
well and might need help.
I would really appreciate it if you would print a picture of Sean in your
newspaper, in the hope that somebody will recognise him and let us know that he
is safe.
Sean's friends have set up a website with his picture and details:
www.seanwalshmissing.com and I have attached some other pictures of him to this
e-mail.
Yours sincerely,
Mairead Walsh.
